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Song of the Prophets: a Requiem for the Climate Song of the Prophets: A Requiem for the Climate Wednesday 9 June 2021 Christian Aid Chineke! Foundation St Paul’s Cathedral #SongOfTheProphets Christian Aid exists to create a world where everyone can live a full life, free from poverty. We are a global movement of people, churches and local organisations who passionately champion dignity, equality and justice worldwide. We are the changemakers, the peacemakers, the mighty of heart. Contact us Christian Aid 35 Lower Marsh Waterloo London SE1 7RL T: +44 (0) 20 7620 4444 E: [email protected] W: caid.org.uk 2 Welcome to Song of the Prophets: A Requiem for the Climate Wednesday 9 June 2021 ‘ [Prophets] show us what a renewed humanity and a renewed earth, a different present and a different future, might really look like’ Taken from Christian Aid’s theological paper, Song of the Prophets: A Global Theology of Climate Change 3 Contents Page 6 Message from Amanda Khozi Mukwashi, Chief Executive of Christian Aid Page 7 Message from Chi-chi Nwanoku OBE, Founder and Artistic & Executive Director of Chineke! Page 8 Programme Page 9-13 About the music Page 15-16 Song of the Prophets and Christian Aid’s climate change work Page 17-18 Our campaign for climate justice and how to get involved Page 19 Acknowledgements 4 CELEBRATING 75 YEARS OF CHRISTIAN AID A COLLECTION OF DEFIANT PRAYERS FOR JUSTICE AND A BETTER WORLD, FEATURING CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ROWAN WILLIAMS • AMANDA KHOZI MUKWASHI RHIDIAN BROOK • JOHN BELL • RACHEL TREWEEK WALTER BRUEGGEMANN • AND MANY MORE AVAILABLE NOW AT WWW.SPCK.ORG.UK AND ALL GOOD ONLINE RETAILERS spck.org.uk /SPCKpublishing @SPCKpublishing @SPCK_publishing Welcome from Amanda Khozi Mukwashi Welcome. We are delighted that you could join us for the debut performance of Song of the Prophets: A Requiem for the Climate. Tonight, you are going to be part of something special. An evening that uses beautiful music, gifted musicians and passionate people to draw all of our attention towards the biggest crisis facing our world today: the climate crisis. Christian Aid has been campaigning on the devastating effects of climate change for the world’s poorest people for over a decade. Throughout this year, our climate justice campaign is drawing attention to the urgent action needed on this global issue. The climate crisis is making life even more difficult for some of the world’s poorest and most marginalised communities. It is having a devastating impact on every area of life – from basic needs such as food and shelter, to issues such as education and women’s rights. The pervasive impact on everyone – and particularly those in the communities in which we work – means we can no longer ignore it. As we mark over 75 years of Christian Aid, we are celebrating all that has been achieved by the organisation and its supporters over the decades – from working on civil rights in the US, to anti-apartheid in South Africa, to the HIV/AIDS crisis, to tax justice; and now in our coronavirus response in some of the poorest communities around the world. But we know that the climate emergency will still be with us long after the coronavirus pandemic has ended. It is time for urgent action. We call on political leaders, churches and faith-based institutions, and people like you to rally together to bring about the change that is so desperately needed. We hope you enjoy Song of the Prophets: A Requiem for the Climate. Listen well, feel deeply and afterwards join us as we come together to tackle one of the greatest injustices that we face. Amanda Khozi Mukwashi Chief Executive, Christian Aid 6 Message from Chi-chi Nwanoku OBE When Chineke! were approached by Christian Aid in 2019 to take part in this project, we were delighted. Climate change is the biggest issue facing the world today, and we were drawn to the organisation’s vision to draw attention to the injustices faced by people in the global South. Music has the ability to convey important messages that humanity has to hear, so we were thrilled to take part in this. Christian Aid’s vision of dignity, equality and justice for all living in extreme poverty around the world – no matter their faith – is an inspiring one. As someone of Nigerian and Irish descent, I recognise the stark inequalities that exist between the richest and poorest globally and wanted to do my bit to help. We are excited by Christian Aid’s creativity and vision to rally people together to stop this climate crisis. I founded Chineke! in 2015 to provide career opportunities for young Black and ethnically diverse classical musicians in the UK and Europe. Chineke!’s mission is: ‘Championing change and celebrating diversity in classical music’. The Chineke! Orchestra, the foundation’s flagship ensemble, works closely with its sister ensemble, the Chineke! Junior Orchestra, a youth orchestra of Black and ethnically diverse players aged between 11 and 22, with senior players acting as mentors, teachers and role models to the young musicians. In August 2017, the Chineke! Orchestra made its BBC Proms debut at the Royal Albert Hall and performed at many other leading festivals throughout England, all to great critical acclaim. Chineke! has released five CDs to date, which you can hear on Spotify. The Chineke! Ensemble comprises the principal players of the Chineke! Orchestra. It made its debut at Wigmore Hall in 2018 before going on to play at the Cheltenham and Ryedale festivals. It has since performed at the Tonbridge Music Club, Wimbledon International Festival, Cambridge Music Festival, St George’s Bristol and Snape Maltings. My aim in starting Chineke! was to create a space where Black and ethnically diverse musicians can walk on stage and know that they belong, in every sense of the word. If even one Black or ethnically diverse child feels that their colour is getting in the way of their musical ambitions, then I hope to inspire them, give them a platform, and show them that music, of whatever kind, is for all people. Chi-chi Nwanoku OBE Founder and Artistic & Executive Director, Chineke! For more information, visit chineke.org 7 Song of the Prophets: A Requiem for the Climate Wednesday 9 June 2021 Introduction – Amanda Khozi Mukwashi, Chief Executive of Christian Aid Debut performance: Song of the Prophets: A Requiem for the Climate – Movement one: Creation Performed by Chineke! Orchestra About Chineke! – Chi-chi Nwanoku OBE, Founder and Artistic & Executive Director of Chineke! Orchestra Movement two: Ruin Climate activist call – Khulekani Sizwe Magwaza, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa Climate activist call – Rodne Galicha Living Laudato Si’ Philippines Climate activist call – Rachel Mander, Young Christian Climate Network, UK Movement three: Recovery Song of the Prophets: Address – Dr Rowan Williams, Chair of Christian Aid Movement four: Redemption Closing – Amanda Khozi Mukwashi, Chief Executive of Christian Aid A full version of Song of the Prophets: A Requiem for the Climate will be available on our website and YouTube channel following the premiere on 9 June. Watch at youtube.com/thisischristianaid or caid.org.uk/song 8 The music In 2019, Christian Aid commissioned a new orchestral work on the theme of climate change, which will be performed tonight by Chineke! Orchestra – Europe’s first majority Black and ethnically diverse orchestra. The event was originally due to take place on 20 May 2020 at St Paul’s Cathedral in London, but of course had to be postponed due to the global coronavirus pandemic. The piece of music is inspired by Christian Aid’s theological paper Song of the Prophets, which was re-published in May 2020. Christian Aid worked with Chineke! to commission four composers to write a section each on some of the theological concepts arising from the issue of climate change. Each movement is distinct, drawing on different parts of the biblical narrative as it relates to the stewardship of the Earth. The four movements are: Creation This is the opening section of the piece and Recovery takes its inspiration from the creation poem in Around the world, Christian Aid is helping Genesis 1 in the Bible. ‘In the beginning when restore the dignity and livelihoods of those God created the heavens and the earth, the in communities that have suffered recent earth was a formless void and darkness covered storms, droughts and floods. An estimated 3 the face of the deep, while a wind from God million people were affected by Cyclone Idai in swept over the face of the waters. Then God Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe in 2019. said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. The cyclone saw at least 750 people killed And God saw that the light was good; and God and an estimated 400,000 displaced. In the separated the light from the darkness. God immediate aftermath of the cyclone, Christian called the light Day, and the darkness Night. And Aid was there to help those in remote areas there was evening and there was morning, the who were desperately in need of food, water, first day.’ clothing, shelter and medicine. Today, we are Words: Growth, emergence, birth still there, rebuilding homes and livelihoods long after the humanitarian crisis has disappeared from the news. People who care about the Ruin dignity, equality and justice of all should join The once perfect world we are introduced to together to help our global neighbours recover in the opening ‘Creation’ section is now ruined. in the aftermath of ruin. The world is on fire. Climate change is having a Words: aid, elevate, lift, clear devastating impact on every area of life – from basic needs such as food and shelter, to issues such as education and women’s rights.
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